pjbooks Chapter 117 Going to the County Town to Pick Up the Car
Chapter 117 Going to the County Town to Pick Up the Car
Chapter 117 Going to the County Town to Pick Up the Car
That evening.
The family sat around the table.
"Dad, let's buy a tricycle tomorrow and ride it back."
Zhou Rui discussed with his father about buying a tricycle the next day, and his father agreed. They would take the tricycle early the next morning.
After agreeing on a time, Zhou Rui thought for a moment and continued, "Dad, Second Uncle, Mingdi, let's not go to the construction team starting tomorrow, okay? Dad, you can go help out, of course."
"Second Uncle, why don't you and Ming stay home and work? It's just the start of the autumn harvest, so you don't need to go to the construction team."
Zhou Rui's tone was earnest.
Zhou Ming and the second son of the Zhou family were both confused about what was going on.
Zhou Shijie then asked in confusion, "Why? If we stay at home, we won't have anything. Going out to work can earn us some extra income to support our family."
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When they came back last time, the foreman had actually given them each their wages for that period of time.
It wasn't much, but it was enough to inspire people, especially for Zhou Shijie, who was experiencing for the first time that earning money with his own hands was actually quite good.
Zhou Shijie did not expect that the autumn harvest would begin in this way.
Zhou Rui reminded him, "Second Uncle, the autumn harvest has started recently. We need to take care of what's in front of us. Besides, we don't actually need to go out to work anymore."
"What do you mean by that?"
Zhou Shiwei had been listening attentively, but when Zhou Rui said those words, he immediately grasped the key point.
We won't have to work anymore? What does that mean?
Zhou Shiwei hadn't reacted yet.
At this moment, Zhou Rui explained to his father, second uncle, and the whole family, "Because we will have our own tea garden in the future."
"We don't need to hire as many tea pickers as Zhang Chengyun. In terms of sheer numbers, our family has an advantage."
Zhou Rui's idea was simple: since he had his own tea plantation, why did he need to hire so many workers?
If everyone in the family pitches in, about ten people, and we hire a few more as well, then we won't have to go out to work.
Zhou Rui looked at his family with a grin, and then Zhou Ming was the first to stand up and chime in, "Yeah! How come I didn't think of that? Our family has a tea plantation!"
Before Zhou Shiwei could say anything more, Zhou Rui interrupted, "After the autumn harvest, the autumn tea will definitely be picked, and there will be a lot of things waiting for us to do then."
"That's why I suggested that everyone stay home and not go out."
Zhou Shiwei thought for a moment. He didn't know anything about tea, had never grown tea, and didn't know what skills and procedures were needed to grow tea.
But after hearing what her son said, it seemed to make sense.
In the end, Zhou Shijie and Zhou Ming both nodded in agreement.
Zhou Ming has always been very sensible. Unlike other children his age, he was not rebellious at a young age, mainly due to the influence of Zhou Rui and his mother.
Having finally convinced his family, Zhou Rui breathed a sigh of relief, then muttered something to himself in a low voice.
"Working in engineering is still very dangerous —"
The words were spoken softly, yet they reached the ears of several people precisely.
Zhou Shijie and Zeng Jiamei both glanced at their eldest son and nephew.
Zhou Shiwei, sitting right next to Zhou Rui, heard everything clearly.
He turned to look at Zhou Rui, said nothing, but his eyes were full of satisfaction.
"Don't worry, our family will be safe and sound."
These are Zhou Shi's words —
After the family finished eating, they gathered together to listen to the radio. Around ten o'clock, they all went to rest.
Zhou Ming had been playing around with his younger brother Zhou Yun ever since he came back, and they only slept on opposite sides of each other when it was time to go to bed.
Nothing happened that night, and the next morning arrived in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Rui was woken up by Zhou Ming shaking him.
"Brother, wake up! The sun's already high in the sky, you know?"
Zhou Ming, the younger brother, spoke very softly, afraid of disturbing Zhou Yun's sleep.
He opened his eyes groggily and saw Zhou Ming, whose features were similar to his own, but whose eyebrows were slightly thicker.
With a slight turn of his head, Zhou Rui could see his cousin Zhou Yun sleeping soundly in the dim light of dawn.
Zhou Rui rubbed his eyes, got up, and tiptoed out of the room.
The two walked out of the room and glanced at the clock in a daze.
6:50 a.m.
"Brother, you can really sleep! How can you be so lazy? I've been up for ages."
Zhou Ming didn't go to work, but he still got up very early; he'd almost developed a biological clock for it.
Zhou Rui hesitated to speak to his smirking younger brother, but finally just snorted and turned to walk to the table.
On the living room table, a small bowl of noodles was already steaming hot.
"Get up, come and eat, then go wash your face."
Zeng Jiamei invited Zhou Rui over to eat noodles. In the countryside, there aren't many rules about whether you have to wash up before eating or eat before washing up; it's fine to be casual.
Making breakfast for the family is Zeng Jiamei's daily routine, day after day, especially when Zhou Shiwei is out working.
She was the first person in the family to get up, followed by the two elderly people, Zhou Yong'an and Meng Dan, but at this time, neither of them had gotten up yet.
Seeing his father slurping down the noodles his mother had cooked, Zhou Rui quickly grabbed a bowl and chopsticks and started eating as well.
I didn't boil any eggs today, just plain noodles with a little lard in the broth.
Zhou Rui ate with relish, and soon after, he burped.
"Let's go, Dad, let's set off."
Zhou Rui didn't rest for long; he stood up after only a minute or two to prepare to leave.
Because Zhou Shiwei had already finished eating.
"Have you brought enough money?" Zhou Shiwei reminded him.
Zhou Rui patted the cloth bag he carried with him.
"Don't worry, Dad, it was all prepared last night."
The two went out, and before they left, Zeng Jiamei told them to be careful. After they agreed, they headed towards the town before dawn.
During the solar term when there is a large temperature difference between day and night, the morning is usually the coldest time, even colder than when Zhou Rui ran out to find his second uncle and the others yesterday.
However, Zhou Rui felt a warm glow inside.
Because not only did he prevent his second uncle from getting injured yesterday, he is now going to "pick up the car".
Although it's a tricycle, who can say that a tricycle isn't a vehicle?
As for the opportunity to improve his relationship with the Zeng family that he lost yesterday, Zhou Rui had completely forgotten about it.
When we arrived in town, there were very few people, because there weren't many people out strolling around at this time.
Zhou Shiwei and Zhou Rui went straight to the bus station. This time, Zhou Rui went to buy the tickets. Originally, Zhou Shiwei was going to buy them, but Zhou Rui said they were all the same.
It's still early.
The two simply waited quietly. Zhou Shiwei had a habit of arriving a little early whenever he had important business to attend to, otherwise he was afraid that something unexpected or unforeseen might happen along the way.
Zhou Rui inherited this trait from his father, but not by much.
So he prefers to sleep in late. Like this morning, if his younger brother Zhou Ming hadn't woken him up, he probably would have slept for another half hour.
"County town, county town, hop on and we're off, hurry up and get on the bus!"
The driver used a loudspeaker to call for people, and Zhou Shiwei and his son boarded the bus to the county town.